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minus-squareMelochar @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 days agoPoisonous: will make you sick if you eat it. Venomous: will make you sick if it bites or stings you.
minus-squareCatsGoMOW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 days agoWait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 days agoIf you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases. Source Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.
Poisonous: will make you sick if you eat it. Venomous: will make you sick if it bites or stings you.
Wait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.
If you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases.
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Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.